Problem (bug?) printing to non-default Mac printer (5582)

Thanks Xenos. Please keep us posted on the progress of the fix, if it's in the next build, etc. Much appreciated!

-Mighty

 

I am still having this problem in 5584. Any chance of a resolution soon?

 

Hello,

Basicmonkey, we could not include the fix in the build 5584 - our apologies.
But the issue is reproduced and is going to be eliminated.
Thank you for the report.

Best regards,
Xenos

 

Dealing with the annoyance ...

hello all,

if you have booted parallels and did not have the correct printer selected as default, i have found a way to select a different printer without having to reboot the vm.

1. under parallels desktop ... devices menu, disconnect parallel 1.
2. open printers and faxes in the windows vm.
3. right click on the HP Color LaserJet 8500 PS and select Use Printer Offline.
4. in mac os x system preferences, select print and fax.
5. set "Selected Printer in Print Dialog" (a.k.a. default printer) to printer you want to use in windows vm.
6. under parallels desktop ... devices menu, reconnect parallel 1 to default printer.
7. right click on the HP Color LaserJet 8500 PS and select Use Printer Online.

i know it seems like a lot of steps, but for me it is much easier than restarting the vm and all the applications i use. hopefully, we will see an update resolving this soon!

 

I too, await a speedy solution to this problem, I print checks from a special local printer from XP that I have kept stocked with checks for years. Having to 'deselect' this printer each time I print in Mac OS is a poor solution, as any time I might miss the 'deselect' I print over a valuable check. Keep us posted!

Thanks.

Macbook Pro 17 2.16 CoreDuo 2 gb RAM
OSX 10.5.2
Windows XP
Parallels Build 5592

 

Xenos,

Was this issue addressed in build 5600? I didn't see it mentioned in the list of fixes.

-Mighty

 

i have not upgraded to build 5600 because of the dhcp/bridged networking bug.

see:
http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=20956&highlight=5600

i do know that build 5584 did not fix the printing bug.

 

this issue appears to not be fixed with build 5600.

is there any hope of seeing a fix for this?

 

I too have this problem (or similar). Build 5608. LPT2 configured to my Canon USB printer. Apple Color LW 12/660 PS driver configured to LPT2. Still prints to LPT1. Actually, it prints to LPT1 regardless of which printer is my default OS X printer, and regardless of which printer is my default Windows printer.

 

I will check current status of problem, and report you back in 2 -3 days

 

hey everybody ... guess what?!?
i just upgraded to build 5608 and ...
i still have the same problem!
great support parallels team!
this bug is definitely beyond annoying now.

 

still waiting .......

 

Developers are working on this

 

wow ...
has it already been almost a year since this bug was reported?

 

Yup, looks like I originally reported the issue about 10 months ago now. They've had plenty of time to fix it. This is just really poor support for an easily replicated bug.

I've been testing VMware Fusion 2.0 for about 4 days now. It's got a few issues of it's own, but the printing works great. It just automatically configures the printers in the guest Windows that are listed in the host Mac OS, you don't have to worry about setting up specific models, etc. Plus you can even have a different default printer in the guest OS than is set in the host. Unless a show stopper appears over the next few days (which I doubt), at this point I'm not planning to go back to Parallels.

VMware has a free 30 day trial, and they offer a competitive upgrade from Parallels rebate. I'd recommend giving it a try.

 

Looks like upcoming Parallels Desktop version 4

 

so are version 3 users going to have to pay for the version 4 upgrade ... just to fix a bug?

 

I do not have any information about pricing policy, it is too far from me

 

that's okay john. i switched to vmware fusion. everything works better now.

 

No problem, I hope testing new Parallels Desktop will change your mind